Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c13.s1.12

c13.s1.12

Among the bastions (Fig.41) the one immediately near the western gate, on the inside, is comparatively peculiar in form. It looks like a bottle in profile, with wide base narrowing rapidly upwards. At the lower part, it has horizontal offsets at regular intervals of 3.50 m. each; the lowest is 6 metres in width and bulbous part, 15 metres in diameter. The next two rapidly taper towards the top; varying in measures 15 metres to 8 metres. The remaining uppermost portion is more or less 8 metres. The topmost part has battlements and crenellations.